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'JTHIS narrative of the Resurrection and As- 
cension is taken from a volume entitled ''''The 
Life of our Lord, in. the Words of the Four 
Evangelists. Being the Four Gospels arranged 
in Chronological Order, and interwoven to form 
a Continuous Narrative^ In this reprint of the 
closing chapters, the text has been put into para- 
graphs, instead of the ordinary form of chapter 
and verse* 



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ND, behold, there was a rich man of 
Arimathea, a city of the Jews, named 
Joseph, an honorable counsellor, a 
good and just man; (The same had not con- 
sented to the counsel and deed of them) who 
also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 
And now when the even was come, because 
it was the preparation, that is, the day before 
the Sabbathj this man, being a disciple of Jesus, 
but secretly for fear of the Jews, came, and 
went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the 
body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if He 
were already dead : and calling unto him the 
centurion, he asked him whether He had been 
any while dead. And when he knew it of 
the centurion, he commanded the body to be 
delivered to Joseph. 

Joseph therefore bought fine linen, and took 
down the body of Jesus, and wrapped it in a 

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clean linen cloth ; And there came also Nico- 
demus, (which at the first came to Jesus by 
night,) and brought a mixture of myrrh and 
aloes, about a hundred pound weight. Then 
took they the body of Jesus, and wound it 
in linen clothes with the spices, as the man- 
ner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the place 
where He w^as crucified, there was a garden ; 
and in the garden a new sepulchre, [Joseph's] 
own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the 
rock ; wherein never man before was laid. There 
laid they Jesus, therefore because of the Jews' 
preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh 
at hand. And [they] rolled a great stone to 
the door of the sepulchre, and departed. And 
the women also, Mary Magdalene, and the other 
Mary, the mother of Joses, which came with 
Him from Galilee, followed after, and sitting 
over against the sepulchre, beheld the sepul- 
chre, and how His body was laid. And that 
day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew 
on. And they returned, and prepared spices 
and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day 
according to the commandment. 

Now the next day, that followed the day of 
the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees 
came together unto Pilate saying, 

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Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, 
while He was yet alive. After three days I will 
rise again. Command therefore that the sepul- 
chre be made sure until the third day, lest 
His disciples come by night, and steal Him 
away, and say unto the people. He is risen 
from the dead: so the last error shall be worse 
than the first. 

Pilate said unto them. 

Ye have a watch : go your way, make it as 
sure as ye can. 

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, 
sealing the stone, and setting a watch. 

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Mag- 
dalene, and Mary the mother of James, and 
Salome, bought sweet spices, that they might 
come and anoint Him. And as it began to 
dawn toward the first day of the week, be- 
hold there was a great earthquake: for the 
angel of the Lord descended from heaven, 
and came and rolled back the stone from the 
door, and sat upon it. His countenance was 
like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 
and for fear of him the keepers did shake, 
and became as dead men. And many bodies 
of the saints which slept, arose, and came 
out of the graves after [the] resurrection, 

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and went into the holy city, and appeared 
unto many. 

And very early in the morning, when it was 
yet dark, came Mary Magdalene and the other 
Mary to the sepulchre, bringing the spices 
which they had prepared, and certain other 
[women] with them. And they said among 
themselves. 

Who shall roll us away the stone from the 
door of the sepulchre? 

And when they looked, they saw that the 
stone was rolled away : for it was very great. 
Then runneth [Mary Magdalene] and cometh 
to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom 
Jesus loved, and saith unto them. 

They have taken away the Lord out of the 
sepulchre, and we know not where they have 
laid Him ! 

[But the other women] entered into the 
sepulchre, and saw a young man sitting on 
the right side, clothed in a long white gar- 
ment; and they were affrighted. And the 
angel answered and said unto the v/omen. 

Fear not ye : for I know that ye seek Jesus 
of Nazareth, which was crucified : He is not 
here: for He is risen, as He said! Behold the 
place where they laid Him. And go quickly, 

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and tell His disciples and Peter, that He is 
risen from the dead; and, behold. He goeth 
before you into Galilee as He said unto you; 
there shall ye see Him: lo, I have told you! 

And they went out quickly, and fled from 
the sepulchre; for they trembled and were 
amazed. And behold, two men stood by them 
in shining garments. And as they were afraid, 
and bowed down their faces to the earth, they 
said unto them, 

Why seek ye the living among the dead ? 
He is not here, but is risen! Remember how 
He spake unto you when He was yet in 
Galilee, saying, The Son of man must be de- 
livered into the hands of sinful men, and be 
crucified, and the third day rise again. 

And they remembered His words, and de- 
parted quickly from the sepulchre with fear 
and great joy; neither said they anything to 
any man, for they were afraid, but did run to 
bring His disciples word. 

Now when they were going, behold, some of 
the watch came into the city, and shewed unto 
the chief priests all the things that were done. 
And when they were assembled with the 
elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large 
money unto the soldiers, saying, 

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Say ye, His disciples came by night, and 
stole Him away while we slept. And if this 
come to the governor's ears, we will persuade 
him, and secure you. 

So they took the money, and did as they 
were taught: and this saying is commonly 
reported among the Jews until this day. 

[Now when Mary Magdalene came] to 
Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom 
Jesus loved, and saith unto them. 

They have taken away the Lord out of the 
sepulchre, and we know not where they have 
laid Him, then arose Peter, and went forth, 
and that other disciple, and came to the 
sepulchre. 

So they ran both together: and the other 
disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to 
the sepulchre. And he stooping down, and 
looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet 
went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter 
following him, and went into the sepulchre, 
and seeth the linen clothes laid by themselves; 
And the napkin that was about His head, 
not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped 
together in a place by itself. Then went in 
also that other disciple, which came first to the 
sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as 



yet they knew not the Scripture, that He 
must rise again from the dead. Then the dis- 
ciples went away again unto their own home, 
wondering at that which was come to pass. 

But Mary stood without at the sepulchre 
weeping : and as she wept, she stooped down 
and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two 
angels in white sitting, the one at the head, 
and the other at the feet, where the body of 
Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, 

Woman, why weepest thou.? 

She saith unto them. 

Because they have taken away my Lord, 
and I know not where they have laid Him. 

And when she had thus said, she turned 
herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew 
not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, 

Woman, why weepest thou whom seekest 
thou 

She supposing Him to be the gardener, saith 
unto Him, 

Sir, if thou have borne Him hence, tell me 
where thou hast laid Him, and I will take 
Him away. 

Jesus saith unto her, 

Mary! 

She turned herself, and saith unto Him, 

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Rabboni ! which is to say, Master! 
Jesus saith unto her, 

Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended 
to My Father: but go to My brethren, and say 
unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and your 
Father; and to My God, and your God. 

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples 
that she had seen the Lord, and that He had 
spoken these things unto her. 

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OW when Jesus was risen early the 
first day of the week. He appeared 
first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom 
He had cast seven devils. And she went and 
told them that had been with Him, as they 
mourned and wept. And they, when they had 
heard that He was alive, and had been seen of 
her, believed not. 

And as Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, 
and the other women that were with them, went 
to tell His disciples [that He was risen from the 
dead], behold, Jesus met them, saying, 

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All hail! 

And they came and held Him by the feet, and 
worshipped Him. Then said Jesus unto them, 

Be not afraid : go tell My brethren that they 
go into Galilee, and there shall they see Me. 

And they went and told all these things unto 
the eleven, and to all the rest ; and their words 
seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed 
them not. 

After that He appeared in another form unto 
two of them, that same day, as they walked into 
the country to a village called Emmaus, which 
was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 
And they talked together of all these things 
which had happened. And it came to pass, that, 
while they communed together and reasoned, 
Jesus Himself drew near, and went with them. 
But their eyes were holden that they should not 
know Him. 

And He said unto them. What manner of 
communications are these that ye have one to 
another, as ye walk, and are sad.^* 

And the one of them, whose name was Cleo- 
pas, answering said unto Him, 

Art Thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and 
hast not known the things which are come to 
pass there in these days ? 

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And He said unto them, 

What things ? 

And they said unto Him, 

Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a 
prophet mighty in deed and word before God 
and all the people : and how the chief priests 
and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned 
to death, and have crucified Him. But we 
trusted that it had been He which should 
have redeemed Israel : and beside all this, to- 
day is the third day since these things were 
done. 

Yea, and certain women also of our company 
made us astonished, which were early at the 
sepulchre ; And when they found not His body, 
they came, saying, that they had also seen a 
vision of angels, which said that He was alive. 
And certain of them which were with us, went 
to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the 
women had said : but Him they saw not. 

Then He said unto them, 

O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that 
the prophets have spoken ! Ought not Christ 
to have suffered these things, and to enter into 
His glory ? 

And beginning at Moses and all the prophets. 
He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures, 
the things concerning Himself. 

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And they drew nigh unto the village, whither 
they went : and He made as though He would 
have gone further: but they constrained Him, 
saying, 

Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and 
the day is far spent. 

And he went in to tarry with them. 

And it came to pass, as He sat at meat 
with them, He took bread, and blessed it, and 
brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were 
opened, and they knew Him ; and He vanished 
out of their sight. 

And they said one to another, 

Did not our heart burn within us, while He 
talked with us by the way, and while He 
opened to us the Scriptures? 

And they rose up the same hour, and re- 
turned to Jerusalem the same day at evening, 
(being the first day of the week,) and found 
the [disciples] gathered together at meat, and 
them that were with them, saying, 

The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared 
to Simon. 

And they told what things were done in the 
way, and how He was known of them in 



breaking of bread. And as they thus spake, 
[and] when the doors were shut where the 
disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, 
Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, 
and saith unto them, 
Peace be unto you. 

But they were terrified and affrighted, and 
supposed that they had seen a spirit. And 
He said unto them, 

Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts 
arise in your hearts? Behold My hands and 
My feet, that it is I Myself: handle Me, and 
see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as 
ye see Me have. 

And when He had thus spoken, He shewed 
them His hands and feet, and His side. Then 
were the disciples glad, when they saw the 
Lord. And while they yet believed not for 
joy, and wondered, He said unto them, 

Have ye here any meat? 

And they gave Him a piece of a broiled 
fish, and of an honeycomb: and He took it, 
and did eat before them. And He upbraided 
them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, 
because they believed not them which had 
seen Him after He was risen. And He said 
unto them. 

These are the words which I spake unto 

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you, while I was yet with you, that all things 
must be fulfilled, which were written in the 
law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in 
the psalms, concerning Me. 

Then opened He their understanding, that 
they might understand the Scriptures, And said 
unto them, 

Thus it is written, and thus it behoved 
Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead 
the third day : And that repentance and 
remission of sins should be preached in 
His name among all nations, beginning at 
Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these 
things. 

And He said unto them. 

Go ye into all the world, and preach the gos- 
pel to every creature. He that belie veth and 
is baptized, shall be saved; but he that be- 
lieveth not, shall be damned. And these signs 
shall follow them that believe; In My name 
shall they cast out devils ; they shall speak 
with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; 
and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not 
hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, 
and they shall recover. 

Then said Jesus to them again. 

Peace be unto you : as My Father hath sent 
Me, even so send I you. 

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And when He had said this He breathed on 
them, and saith unto them, 

Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever 
sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; 
and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are 
retained. 

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called 
Didymus, was not with them when Jesus 
came. The other disciples therefore said unto 
him, 

We have seen the Lord! 
But he said unto them, 

Except I shall see in His hands the print of 
the nails, and put my finger into the print of 
the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, 
I will not believe. 

And after eight days, again His disciples 
were within, and Thomas with them: then 
came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in 
the midst, and said, 

Peace be unto you. 

Then saith He to Thomas, 

Reach hither thy finger, and behold My 
hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust 
it into My side; and be not faithless, but 
believing. 

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And Thomas answered and said unto Him, 
My Lord and my God. 
Jesus saith unto him, 

Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou 
hast believed: blessed are they that have not 
seen, and yet have believed. 

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FTER these things Jesus shewed Him- 
self again to the disciples at the sea 
I of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed 
He Himself. There were together Simon 
Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and 
Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons 
of Zebedee, and two other of His disciples. 
Simon Peter saith unto them, 
I go a fishing. 
They say unto him, 
We also go with thee. 

They went forth, and entered into a ship 
immediately ; and that night they caught 
nothing. But when the morning was now^ 
come, Jesus stood on the shore ; but the dis- 
ciples knew not that it w^as Jesus. Then Jesus 
saith unto them, 

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Children, have ye any meat ? 

They answered Him, 

No. 

And He said unto them, 

Cast the net on the right side of the ship, 
and ye shall find. 

They cast therefore, and now they were not 
able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. 
Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved, saith 
unto Peter, 

It is the Lord! 

Now when Simon Peter heard that it was 
the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, 
(for he was naked,) and did cast himself into 
the sea. And the other disciples came in a 
little ship, (for they were not far from land, 
but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging 
the net with fishes. As soon then as they 
were come to land, they saw a fire of coals 
there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. 

Jesus saith unto them. 

Bring of the fish which ye have now 
caught. 

Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to 
land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty 
and three: and for all there were so many, yet 
was not the net broken. 

Jesus saith unto them, 

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Come and dine. 

And none of the disciples durst ask Him, 
Who art Thou ? knowing that it was the 
Lord. Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, 
and giveth them, and fish likewise. This is 
now the third time that Jesus shewed Himself 
to His disciples, after that He was risen from 
the dead. 

So when they had dined, Jesus saith to 
Simon Peter, 

Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me more 
than these ? 

He saith unto Him, 

Yea, Lord ; Thou knowest that I love 
Thee. 

He saith unto him, 
Feed My lambs. 

He saith to him again the second time, 
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me t 
He saith unto Him, 

Yea, Lord ; Thou knowest that I love 
Thee. 

He saith unto him, 
Feed My sheep. 

He saith unto him the third time, 
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me ? 
Peter was grieved because He said unto 

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him the third time, Lovest thou Me ? And 
he said unto Him, 

Lord, Thou knowest all things ; Thou knowest 
that I love Thee. 

Jesus saith unto him, 

Feed My sheep. 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou 
wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst 
whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt 
be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and 
another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither 
thou wouldest not. 

This spake He, signifying by what death 
he should glorify God. And when He had 
spoken this, He saith unto him, 

Follow Me. 

Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple 
whom Jesus loved, following; which also leaned 
on His breast at supper, and said, 

Lord, which is he that betrayeth Thee.f^ 
Peter seeing him, saith to Jesus, 
Lord, and what shall this man do 1 
Jesus saith unto him. 

If I will that he tarry till I come, what is 
that to thee.^ follow thou Me. 

Then went this saying abroad among the 
brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet 

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Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die ; 
but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is 
that to thee? 

This is the disciple which testifieth of these 
things, and wrote these things : and we know 
that his testimony is true. 

After that, the eleven disciples went away 
into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had 
appointed them : [and] He was seen of above 
five hundred brethren at once ; of whom the 
greater part remain unto this present, but 
some are fallen asleep. And when they saw 
Him, they worshipped Him : but some doubt- 
ed. And Jesus came and spake unto them, 
saying, 

All power is given unto Me in heaven and 
in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all 
nations, baptizing them in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things 
whatsoever I have commanded 3^ou: and, lo, 
I am with you alway, even unto the end of 
the world. 

After that, He was seen of James; then of 
all the apostles; to whom also He shewed 
Himself alive after His passion by many infal- 

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lible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and 
speaking of the things pertaining to the king- 
dom of God : And, being assembled together 
with them, commanded them that they should 
not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the 
promise of the Father, w^hich, saith He, ye 
have heard of Me. 

For John truly baptized with water ; but ye 
shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not 
many days hence. 

When they therefore were come together 
[at Jerusalem], they asked of Him, saying. 

Lord, wilt Thou at this time restore again 
the kingdom to Israel ? 

And He said unto them, It is not for you 
to know the times or the seasons, which the 
Father hath put in His own power. But ye 
shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost 
is come upon you : and ye shall be witnesses 
unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, 
and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part 
of the earth. And, behold, I send the promise 
of My Father upon you : but tarry ye in the 
city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with 
power from on high. 

So then, after the Lord had spoken these 
things unto them, He led them out as far as 

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to Bethany, unto the mount called Olivet, 
which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's 
journey, and He lifted up His hands, and 
blessed them. And it came to pass, while He 
blessed them, He was parted from them, and, 
while they beheld. He was taken up into 
heaven, and a cloud received Him out of their 
sight. And while they looked steadfastly to- 
ward heaven as He went up, behold, two men 
stood by them in white apparel ; Which also 
said. 

Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up 
into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken 
up from you into heaven, shall so come in 
like manner as ye have seen Him go into 
heaven. 

Then they worshipped Him, and returned 
to Jerusalem with great joy; And were con- 
tinually in the temple, praising and blessing 
God. 



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ND many other signs truly did Jesus 
in the presence of His disciples, 
which are not written in this book: 
But these are written, that ye might believe 
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and 
that believing, ye might have life through His 
name. And [the disciples] went forth, and 
preached everywhere, the Lord working with 
them, and confirming the word with signs 
following. 





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